Ignition Barrel

[bigslick]

does anyone know if you can use a r32 gtr ignition barrel in an r33 gtr? and how hard is it to swap one over yourself?

[RBwhatever]

Why? Why would you want to do that?

I'd have to look it up for you at work. There's a chance it will because a lot of the nissan ignitions are interchangable between different models of cars such as eg. pulsars and maximas and r31 etc. And there's a chance it won't fit at all either due to differences between the r32 and r33.

I'll see if I can find out later, unless someone beats me too it. Are you looking at changing just the ignition barrel? Or changing the whole assembly like the steering lock and ignition barrel as well?

[bigslick]

The story goes, I had my car broken into on the weekend and they ripped out the ignition barrel. At the moment i have my eye on a second hand r32 gtr barrel, but only because i haven't found a new r33 one anywhere yet, although one of these would be prefferable, depending on the price. The steering lock mechanism was damaged as well, so the whole lot has to be changed.

[RBwhatever]

My books tell me that R32 and R33 Ignition barrels and steering lock assembly's are different. In theory a R33 GTST should have the same complete assembly as the R33 GTR. There are however differences between the automatic and manual igntions.

Brand new, your probably looking at the $300-$350 dollar mark if you buy from a locksmith, it includes 2 keys the ignition barrel,steering lock assembly/ignition housing, ignition switch, and the bolts to bolt it up. The Brand is ASP if he doesn't know what your talking about.

Otherwise the cheapest way out would be to go to a import wrecker or get second hand and rob(I mean buy one) one from a manual R33 GTST or R33 GTR. Take it to a locksmith because it probably won't have any keys, and get them to make your current key work it. Guesstimate price for the igition and keying, maybe $100-$150.

Edited August 15, 2007 by KeyMaker

[bigslick]

Ended up goin to Adelaide Jap and picked one up for $135 with no key, then $40 for the locksmith. They had a R33 one so there was no problems. Thanks.